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Top 25 Feeder Birds

2004-05

Allegheny Region

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A total of 1,311 FeederWatchers reported data from this region.

Rank Within Region Common Name Scientific Name Percentage of Sites Visited Average Group Size (when seen) FeederWatch Abundance Index
1 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee Poecile carolinensis/atricapillus 96.19 3.03 2.40
2 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 94.36 4.98 2.92
3 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 94.20 5.02 3.01
4 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 92.22 2.83 1.73
5 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 91.08 1.63 1.06
6 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 90.16 1.49 0.89
7 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 88.56 4.75 2.17
8 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 86.42 2.60 1.06
9 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 85.35 2.22 1.21
10 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 80.78 4.48 1.65
11 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 68.88 1.14 0.39
12 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 67.43 4.48 0.71
13 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 65.29 6.97 1.62
14 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 59.80 1.28 0.32
15 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 55.76 2.56 0.37
16 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 55.53 1.54 0.22
17 American Robin Turdus migratorius 54.84 2.95 0.17
18 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 53.09 3.06 0.57
19 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 48.89 4.65 0.20
20 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 46.07 1.25 0.19
21 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 43.25 3.42 0.39
22 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 42.72 4.30 0.16
23 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 40.43 2.72 0.18
24 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 34.71 3.71 0.11
25 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 29.60 1.28 0.12